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2007 South American U-20 Championship

2007 South American U-20 Championship

2007 Sudamericano Sub-20
Tournament details
Host country	Paraguay
Dates	7–28 January
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (9th title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Uruguay
Fourth place	Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played	35
Goals scored	101 (2.89 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Edinson Cavani (7 goals)
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The 2007 South American Youth Championship (Sudamericano Sub-20) was the 23rd edition of the competition. It was played in Paraguay between 7 and 28 January 2007, and was contested by all ten U-20 national football teams of CONMEBOL. This was the fourth time Paraguay hosted the competition. Brazil finished undefeated and won their ninth title, beating rivals Argentina in the final.

Format[edit]

The teams are separated in two groups of five, and each team plays four matches in a pure round-robin stage. The three top competitors advance to a single final group of six, wherein each team plays five matches. The top four teams in the final group qualify to the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, while the top two also qualify for the 2008 Olympic tournament (U-23).

Squads[edit]

For a list of all the squads in the final tournament, see 2007 South American Youth Championship squads.

The following teams entered the tournament:

•  Argentina
•  Bolivia
•  Brazil
•  Chile
•  Colombia
•  Ecuador
•  Peru
•  Paraguay (host)
•  Uruguay
•  Venezuela

First group stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	4	3	1	0	10	4	+6	10
Paraguay	4	2	2	0	3	1	+2	8
Chile	4	2	0	2	10	7	+3	6
Bolivia	4	1	1	2	4	8	–4	4
Peru	4	0	0	4	4	11	–7	0

Brazil	4–2	Chile
Lima 46', 65' Pato 71', 76'	Report	Isla 18' Sánchez 73'

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina)

Paraguay	0–0	Bolivia
	Report

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Albert Duarte (Colombia)

Chile	0–1	Paraguay
	Report	Bogado 15'

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Roberto Silvera (Uruguay)

Peru	1–2	Brazil
Ísmodes 33'	Report	Lucas 9', 90'

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Samuel Haro (Ecuador)

Bolivia	0–4	Chile
	Report	Larrondo 15', 32' Vidangossy 40', 66'

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Manuel Andarcia (Venezuela)

Peru	0–1	Paraguay
	Report	Huerta 37' (o.g.)

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina)

Chile	4–2	Peru
Medina 9', 70' (pen.) Vidal 64', 79'	Report	Elías 34' Larrondo 86' (o.g.)

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Albert Duarte (Colombia)

Brazil	3–0	Bolivia
Luiz Adriano 34' Tchô 70' Pato 86'	Report

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Samuel Haro (Ecuador)

Bolivia	4–1	Peru
Pinedo 34' Campos 75' (pen.), 76' (pen.) Fierro 78'	Report	Quiñónez 18'

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Manuel Andarcia (Venezuela)

Paraguay	1–1	Brazil
Benítez 64'	Report	Tchô 87'

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Roberto Silvera (Uruguay)

Group B[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Colombia	4	3	0	1	5	3	+2	9
Uruguay	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	7
Argentina	4	1	2	1	11	6	+5	5
Ecuador	4	1	1	2	5	5	0	4
Venezuela	4	1	0	3	3	11	–8	3

Uruguay	0–1	Venezuela
		Antón 10'

Referee: Víctor Hugo Rivera (Peru)

Argentina	1–1	Ecuador
Abán 56'		Rodríguez 73'

Referee: Ricardo Grance (Paraguay)

Uruguay	2–1	Ecuador
Cavani 49' Figueroa 61'		Moreira 80'

Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)

Argentina	1–2	Colombia
Fazio 10'		Mosquera 71' Quintero 77'

Referee: Leonardo Gaciba (Brazil)

Venezuela	1–3	Ecuador
Antón 85'		Moreira 55' Arroyo 73' (pen.) Ayoví 84'

Referee: Iván Gamboa (Bolivia)

Uruguay	1–0	Colombia
Cavani 54'

Referee: Ricardo Grance (Paraguay)

Colombia	1–0	Ecuador
Pino 63'

Referee: Víctor Hugo Rivera (Peru)

Argentina	6–0	Venezuela
Mouche 11', 27', 62' Moralez 43' Sosa 86' Di Santo 90'

Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)

Colombia	2–1	Venezuela
Cárdenas 52' Palomino 61'		Piedrahita 27'

Referee: Iván Gamboa (Bolivia)

Argentina	3–3	Uruguay
Di María 27', 42' Sosa 45+1'		Cavani 6', 60' (pen.) Laens 77'

Referee: Leonardo Gaciba (Brazil)

Final group[edit]

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif
Brazil	11	5	3	2	0	10	5	+5
Argentina	9	5	2	3	0	4	2	+2
Uruguay	7	5	2	1	2	7	6	+1
Chile	6	5	1	3	1	10	6	+4
Paraguay	6	5	2	0	3	7	9	-2
Colombia	1	5	0	1	4	2	12	-10

Fixtures[edit]

Paraguay	1–3	Uruguay
Bogado 64' (pen.)		Kagelmacher 3' Vonder Putten 14' Cavani 26'

Referee: Leonardo Gaciba (Brazil)

Colombia	0–5	Chile
		Vidal 36' Medina 53', 60' Larrondo 72' Arenas 84'

Referee: Ricardo Grance (Paraguay)

Brazil	2–2	Argentina
Luiz Adriano 28' Lucas 60'		Sosa 47' Cahais 58'

Referee: Roberto Silvera (Uruguay)

Paraguay	0–1	Argentina
		Cahais 33'

Referee: Víctor Hugo Rivera (Peru)

Brazil	2–2	Chile
Pato 69' Tchô 85'		Vidal 84', 90+4'

Referee: Alberte Duarte (Colombia)

Colombia	0–2	Uruguay
		Figueroa 56' Cavani 90+3'

Referee: Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina)

Argentina	0–0	Chile

Referee: Ricardo Grance (Paraguay)

Colombia	2–3	Paraguay
Chalar 17' Pino 45+1'		Acuña 27', 73' Benítez 60'

Referee: Samuel Haro (Ecuador)

Brazil	3–1	Uruguay
David Braz 15' Pato 32' Edgar 38'		Cavani 81'

Referee: Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina)

Chile	1–1	Uruguay
Medina 15'		Díaz 90+1'

Referee: Leonardo Gaciba (Brazil)

Argentina	0–0	Colombia

Referee: Samuel Haro (Ecuador)

Brazil	1–0	Paraguay
Danilinho 90'

Referee: Roberto Silvera (Uruguay)

Paraguay	3–2	Chile
Bogado 47' (pen.) Acuña 55' Escobar 61'		Medina 19' Vidal 58'

Referee: Samuel Haro (Ecuador)

Argentina	1–0	Uruguay
Acosta 90+2'

Referee: Ricardo Grance (Paraguay)

Brazil	2–0	Colombia
Lucas 25' Edgar 45'

Referee: Víctor Hugo Rivera (Peru)

Winners[edit]

2007 South American Youth Championship winners
Brazil Ninth title

Qualifiers for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup[edit]

•  Brazil
•  Argentina
•  Uruguay
•  Chile

Qualifiers for the 2008 Olympic Games of Beijing[edit]

•  Brazil
•  Argentina

Topscorers[edit]

• Edinson Cavani7
• Arturo Vidal6
• Nicolás Medina5
• Alexandre Pato5
• Lucas4
• Pablo Mouche3
• Ismael Sosa3
• Tchô3
• Nicolás Larrondo3
• Javier Acuña3
• Cristian Bogado3

Notes[edit]

• Argentina and Brazil were looking to finish in the top 4 in order to qualify for the World Youth Championship, a competition which the two sides have thoroughly dominated, having won 9 of the 16 World Youth titles between them.
• The hosts Paraguay were also hoping to do well, they had finished in the top two every time they have hosted the event before, but they had a disappointing campaign, finishing fifth, missing out on a place in the World Youth Championship altogether.
• Colombia were the defending champions and the only team other than Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay to have won the tournament on more than one occasion.
• Chile were looking to qualify for the world Youth Championship, they managed to qualify in 2005 with only 5 points from 5 games, this time around they qualified with 6 points from 5 games.
• The club teams that contributed the most players to the tournament are:
  • 8: Alianza Lima, Peru
  • 7: Sporting Cristal, Peru
  • 6: Racing Club, Argentina
  • 5: Boca Juniors, Argentina
  • 5: Colo-Colo, Chile
  • 5: Club Sport Emelec, Ecuador
  • 5: Club Libertad, Paraguay
  • 5: Danubio, Uruguay
  • 5: Caracas FC, Venezuela
• Only two clubs from outside South America contributed more than one player to the tournament:
  • 2: Cádiz, Spain
  • 2: Udinese, Italy